techcrunch.com - 11/25/2008
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Yesterday, word leaked out that white-label social networking startup KickApps raised another round of funding. But the amount reported by PEHub (”over $13 million”), based on an old Reg. D filing at the SEC, wasn’t exactly precise. It wasn’t exactly wrong either.
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paidcontent.org - 11/21/2008
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The Huffington Post has raised another $15 million
in funding, according to the Times , as it...
continues on a high growth trajectory, which also means a high cash burn....to be fair, the site's traffic went through the roof and sky during the election ...
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HuffPo Raises $15 Million Third Round; $100 Million ...
paidcontent.org - 11/27/2008
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paidcontent.org —
White Cat Media, parent company of the Shefinds.com
and MomFinds.com shopping blogs, has raised $1.3 million in...
its first round. Vancouver-based Greenscape Capital Group funded the investment—its first in the Internet space—and has taken a minority ...
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Shopping Site SheFinds.com Raises $1.3 Million In First ...
businesswire.com - 11/25/2008
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businesswire.com —
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KickApps (www.kickapps.com), the industry’s leading on-demand
social media, video player and widget platform, today announced...
that it closed its Series C funding of $14 million. The
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KickApps Announces Series C Funding
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$14M C Round for KickApps
Xconomy —
... Wade Roush wrote:
KickApps, the New York-based maker of a white-label social networking platform that other Web publishers can plug into their sites, has raised a $14 million Series C venture round, according to reports in PE Hub and TechCrunch. North Atlantic Capital of Portland, ME, led the round, which was joined by existing investors Spark Capital of Boston, Prism VentureWorks of Needham, MA, and Softbank Capital of Newton Center, MA. The round raises Kickapps’ total venture pot to about $31 ...
KickApps stays solo, raises $14M
VC Ratings —
... in the company's $7 million Series A
round in 2005. KickApps said the latest funding will be used to boost the company's expansion into new markets and for continued product
innovation. - Olaf de Senerpont Domis
See Nov. 25 press release on KickApps' Series C from BusinessWire See March 14 post on AOL rumors from Tech Confidential See March 13 post on AOL's Bebo acquisition from Tech Confidential For more, see TechCrunch
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